6.—(1) The entries in Parts 3 and 5 of the register may include such entry indicating the possession by a registrant of qualifications or competence in life sciences or physiological sciences, as the Council consider appropriate.
(2) Where a chiropodist holds a certificate of competence—
(a)issued by a Board under the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960 M1 or by the Health Professions Council; and
(b)referred to in the following provisions of Schedule 5 to the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997 M2 (exemption for certain persons from section 58(2) of the Medicines Act 1968)—
(i)in Part I (exemption from restrictions on sale or supply), paragraph 10 (certificate of competence in the use of specified medicines), or
(ii)in Part III (exemption from restriction on administration), paragraph 1 (certificate in the use of analgesics),
the register may indicate that he holds such a certificate.
[F1(3) The entries in Parts 2 (Chiropodists and Podiatrists), 9 (Physiotherapists) and 11 (Radiographers: Diagnostic or Therapeutic) of the register may include an entry indicating that a registrant is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a supplementary prescriber for the purposes of the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997.
(4) The Council may also include such entry in the register as it considers appropriate to indicate that a registrant possesses any other qualification (whether or not it is an approved qualification) or competence in a particular field or at a particular level of practice.]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 6 para. (3)(4) inserted (21.08.2006) by The Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) (Amendment) Order of Council 2006 (S.I. 2006/1996), arts. 1, 2
Marginal Citations
M2S.I. 1997/1830, the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/108 and S.I. 1998/2081.